know one's own mind

know one's own mind
{v. phr.} To no( hesitate or vacillate; be definite in one's ideas or plans. * /It is impossible to do business with Fred, because he doesn't know his own mind./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • know one's own mind — {v. phr.} To no( hesitate or vacillate; be definite in one s ideas or plans. * /It is impossible to do business with Fred, because he doesn t know his own mind./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • know\ one's\ own\ mind — v. phr. To no( hesitate or vacillate; be definite in one s ideas or plans. It is impossible to do business with Fred, because he doesn t know his own mind …   Словарь американских идиом

  • know one's own mind — be sure of one s opinions, know what one desires …   English contemporary dictionary

  • know one's own mind — be decisive and certain. → know …   English new terms dictionary

  • not to know one's own mind — (from Idioms in Speech) to be full of doubt hesitation etc. (to be in two minds) Then you ought to have known your own mind before entering into such a very serious engagement. (B. Shaw) I don t hold with a man marrying till he knows his own mind …   Idioms and examples

  • mind — [mīnd] n. [ME mynde < OE (ge)mynd, memory < IE base * men , to think > Gr menos, spirit, force, L mens, mind] 1. memory; recollection or remembrance [to bring to mind a story] 2. what one thinks; opinion [speak your mind] 3. a) that… …   English World dictionary

  • know — ► VERB (past knew; past part. known) 1) have knowledge of through observation, inquiry, or information. 2) be absolutely sure of something. 3) be familiar or friendly with. 4) have a good command of (a subject or language). 5) have personal… …   English terms dictionary

  • mind — /muynd/, n. 1. (in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.: the processes of the human mind. 2. Psychol. the totality of conscious and unconscious… …   Universalium

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